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September 14 Meeting Canceled Due to Primary Elections
Next Event - Our 10th Annual PFLAG Family Picnic
September 25 Noon until 5PM
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Our Sponsors. They Support Us, So Please Support Them
These businesses help support our chapter.
When you visit them, tell them we sent you.
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New! We Have An Online Library.
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Please Come and Browse. Need a book? Contact our librarian, June Horner at junehorner@gmail.com.
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August Meeting. Chase-Brexton and Whitman Walker Present An AIDS Awareness Evening |
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From left: Ted Hobart and David Mallory from the Whitman-Walker Clinic and Melissa Sharlat and Dr. Eva Hersh from Chase Brexton Health Services discussing two upcoming events-- AIDS Walk Washington on Oct. 2. and B’More Aware of HIV Living Red Ribbon on October 9 at Rash Field in Baltimore. The panelists also discussed HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment and answered many questions from the audience.
Photo by Steve Charing
all photos © 2010 • PFLAG Columbia-Howard County
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June 20. Governor O'Malley Visits Our Booth at the Baltimore Pride Festival |
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l to r, Stacie Dunlap, RYA Facilitator; Steve Charing, Media Coordinator; Judy Gaver, Parents Forum Coordinator; Governor O'Malley; June Horner, Co-Treasurer and Mark Patro, Director Baltimore PFLAG
Photo by Bob Ford
all photos © 2010 • PFLAG Columbia-Howard County
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June 12. We March in the D.C. Pride Parade |
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This is the banner that people love to see. You should hear the applause and "thank yous"!
Photo by Rob Lance
all photos © 2010 • PFLAG Columbia-Howard County
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Judy Gaver, our Parents Forum coordinator and her son, Drew
Photo by Rob Lance
all photos © 2010 • PFLAG Columbia-Howard County
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June 2010. Our Fourth Annual Scholarship Presentation |
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The presentation was made by Senator Allan H. Kittleman (District 9).
David Burgy is a recent graduate of Swarthmore College with bachelor’s degrees in engineering and political science. David attended River Hill High School. There he served as the leader of the school’s Gay Straight Alliance, became active in PFLAG-Howard County, and was selected as a PFLAG National Scholar in 2006. After high school, he continued his involvement with the LGBT community by co-leading the Swarthmore College Queer Straight Alliance.
This fall, David will attend Rutgers for a master’s degree in city and regional planning. Through planning and policy work, he seeks to collectively mobilize and engage underrepresented voices in planning processes. In doing so, he will serve as an organizer for progressive community change and continue to broaden understanding of the ways in which the LGBT community and other communities are connected.
In presenting the scholarship, Sen. Kittleman said he "hopes David returns to Howard County after receiving his Masters Degree to apply his planning skills here."
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left to right, David Burgy, RYA Faciliator Stacie Dunlap and Sen. Kittleman
Photo by Steve Charing
all photos © 2010 • PFLAG Columbia-Howard County
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January 2010. We testify against HB90 in Annapolis |
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We sent a delegation to Annapolis to testify against House Bill 90, which is an attempt to create legislation that would not recognize out-of-state marriages in Maryland. From l to r, Heath Goisovich PFLAG Events Chair, Morgan Meneses-Sheets, Executive Director of Equality Maryland, Josh Sullivan, PFLAG Political Advocacy Co-Chair, Steve Charing, PFLAG Media Coordinator and Managing Editor of Baltimore OutLoud, and Judy Gaver, PFLAG Chapter Secretary. |
Photo by Steve Charing
all photos © 2010 • PFLAG Columbia-Howard County
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October 11. We March in the National Equality Parade |
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Photo courtesy of PFLAG Baltimore
all photos © 2010 • PFLAG Columbia-Howard County
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Come Join Us!
Become A Part of Our Great Family of Parents, GLBT Folk and Rainbow Youth |
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About us and where we meet
Why Should You Become a PFLAG Member?
Become a Supporting Member of our PFLAG chapter
Contact Information
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Our Scholarship Program |
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Tuesday, September 14th, 2010
September Meeting Canceled
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Because the Owen Brown Interfaith Center is being used as a polling station for the primary elections, we will not be able to meet. But please use this time to go vote. Be sure to know the candidates and how they stand on issues affecting equality for our gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender family.
Saturday, September 25th, 2010
Noon until 5PM
10th Annual PFLAG Family Picnic
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Come join us for an early fall day of fun, food, friends and family as we host our 10th picnic at Cedar Lane Park west. Click here for details
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010
"Badges and Rainbows" - GLBT Relations with Law Enforcement
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Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
Parents Panel
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Tuesday, December 14th, 2010
Holiday Party and Music - Don't Miss It!
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Our Film - Under Pressure - Click on the DVD Cover, print the form and order! |
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| We Need Your Help! |
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Your PFLAG chapter is an all-volunteer organization. Everything we do is funded by membership fees and donations.
We advertise our presence in Howard County high school newspapers
We support a GLBT youth group with adult facilitators
We publish and mail a bi-monthly newsletter
We produce monthly meetings on a wide range of important topics
We staff tables at village fairs, expos, community events
We supply printed material to inform and enlighten the public
We host an annual family picnic
Won't you please consider becoming a member or making a donation, or both? Find out how here.
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| About
Us |
PFLAG
meetings are free and we welcome everyone. We provide a safe
and confidential space for everyone. Teens and young people are
invited to participate in our
Rainbow
Youth Alliance,
and new parents are welcomed to meet separately w/another parent for a
confidential discussion. We also have an active Parent Forum that meets regularly on another evening.
We have a great group of lesbian and gay members, as well as kids who have gay parents. We don't just celebrate diversity in our chapter...we are diversity!
Meetings are held on the second Tuesday of each month beginning
at 7:30 PM at the
Owen Brown Interfaith Center,
7246 Cradlerock Way, Columbia, MD. Most meetings include a speaker and general discussion. There is also time allotted for people to share what
is happening in their lives.
See what our meetings are like.
For additional information please call us at 443-280-9047
or email: pflagmd@gmail.com.
PFLAG Mission
Statement
To
promote the health and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered persons, their families and friends through:
- SUPPORT
- to cope with an adverse society
- EDUCATION
- to enlighten an ill-informed public
- ADVOCACY
- to end discrimination and to secure equal civil rights
Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays provides opportunity for dialogue about sexual orientation and gender identity, and acts
to create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity.
Our Chapter Mission
Statement
The mission of PFLAG Columbia/Howard County is to support parents of gay
children. We also welcome all people, gay,
straight, bisexual or
transgendered, as well as their families and friends. Together, we support
each other, educate the broader community, and advocate for equality.
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| Contacts |
EMAIL:
pflagmd@gmail.com
MAILING ADDRESS:
PFLAG Columbia-Howard County
P.O. Box 1479
Columbia, MD 21044
PHONE:
443-280-9047
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